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The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PROMPTLY at twelve o'clock on the 4th
the twentieth session of the Nebraska Leg
islature was inaugurated. In the Senate
George u. Miclleljohn, Republican, of Full
lerton, was elected President without oppo-
sition. In the House N V. Harlan, of York
was elected Speaker by vote of Il to q
over Matt Miller the Democratic candi-
| date.
\ PRIVATE telegram was received at
Washington on the 9TH stating that Secre-
| tary Lamar was married at ten o'clock on
that morning to Mrs. Holt, at Macon, Ga.
THE Nebraska Legislature had very
quiet day on the 5th. The organization was
completed and subordinate positions filled
Born houses of the Missouri Legislature
| met at Jefferson City on the 5th The
House elected Dr. E. A. Donelan, of Buchan-
| an, Democrat, temporary Speaker, and Mr.
Bentley, of St Louis, was unanimously
elected temporary Chief Clerk. After read
ing the roll of members-elect and swearing
them in the House adjourned. In the Sen
ate the only business done was swearing
in the members.
THE socialist element was victorious at
the annual election of district assembly "A,
Knights of Labor, held at Chicago re-
Gently.
joined the recorder of Cook County from
making abstracts of titles.
VICTOR TARDE, a member of the Old Guard
of Napoleon l., died Il short time ago in Me-
dina County, Tex, aged ninety.
The Democratic caucus at jefferson City
on the 9th reuominatcd Senator CockreL to
be his own successor.
GOVERNOR DAWES, of Nebraska, dCliv-
cred his biennial message TO the Lcgis-
lature in Joint session on the afternoon Of
the 9th The present indebtedness of the
State is only S450O00.
IL the Missouri House of Representatives
on the 9th, j. W. Alexander was elected
Speaker, After electing a lot of minor Off
GERS the House adjourned. The Senate
elected d. A Ball, of Pike, President pro
TEN, and A. T. COker, of Cape Girardeau,
Secretary. After electing several subOr-
dinate officers, the Senate adjourned with
out waiting for the Governors message.
GENERAL BoULANGER, French Minister of
War, recently ordered 200,000 new melinite
| shells.
THE Democrats of the Ninth Wisconsin
district recently nominated DR.. Samuel
johnson for the long and Joseph Bardeen
for the short term in Congress, made vacant
by Mr.. Prices death.
The funeral services of HoratiO Potter,
late Bishop of New York, were held at old
Trinity Church on the morning of the 18th.
Rev DR.. Dix led the services.
IT was learned on very good authority at
Washington short time ago that the Pres
ident had no intention of calling an extra
session of Congress.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS.
CARRIER PIGEONS.
where They Were First Trained for Max
ing Long Journeys.


II is not known with what nation the
use of the carrier pigeon originated,
but there is no doubt that the customis
very ancient The Romans used the
birds for this purpose, and Sir John
Vaudeville, one Of the earliest travellers
from Europe to the Orient, states that
he found than used in the same way
among the Asiatics. We have the as
sertion of the poet Ta>5o for believing
that they were so employed during the
siege OF Jerusalem in 1899, and it is an
undoubted historical fact that they were
used during the crusade Of st. Louis in
1850 The most remarkable instance
of the use of carrier p;reOnS in modern
times. was during the siege Of Paris
in 1870. They have been more gem
orally used in Turkey than in any
other country for many centuries, and
the art of training them is under
stood to be carried to its greatest per-
fection there. The trainer takes the
pigeons when they have acquired full
strength of wing in a covered basket to
a distance of about half Il mile from their
home: here they are Sot at liberty and
thrown into the air, and if any fail in
returning home from this short distance
they are regarded as naturally stupid,
and no time is wasted in endcavoring to
train them. Those that do come home
are trained by being taken to greater
distances. progressively increased to
forty or fifty miles. When the bird is
able to accomplish this fight he may be
trusted to fly any distance over lands
within the limits of physical power.
This drilling must b. begun very early,
or oven the best breeds of birds will not
become good carriers. 1t is the general
plan to keep the birds in dark room
for some hours before they are used.
They are then fed sparingiy, but
are given all the water they
can drink. 1'ha paper on which
the messarc is written is then
carefully tied round the upper part OF
the birds leg or to one of the large
feathers Of the tail. 81 us not to impede
its flight in any way The feet are
washed in vinegar to keep them from
getting too dry during the bird flight
80 us to tempt it to descend to water
and run the risk Of getting its message
wet. The ordinary rate of flight for
carrier pigeon is from twenty to thirty
miles an hour. though instances OF
much more rapid flight are on record.
The pigeon, when thrown up into the
air. at first flies round and round. This
is evidently for the purpose of sighting
some Landmark that it knows. When
this is perceived the bird instantly flies
toward it, and as other familiar land
marks come gradually into sight, con-
tinucs its journey on till its home is
reached. Ii no landmark is perceived
the bird is bcwildered and lost and
finally returns to the earth again
Cbicd9o Inter- Ocean.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

TIE grand jury of the parish of Ponte-
Coupe, La, have found true bill OF man
slaughter against all the officers of the
burned steamer j. NJ. White.
CONGRESSMAN Glass has been author
lied to represent the State of Tennessee
at large at the Agricultural Congress
which will meet at Washington City
shortly.
IT is reported that work on the Kansas
City road east of Tupelo, Miss, has been
stopped; that the road as purchased the
Georgia Pacific from Columbus to Bir-
mingham, and that the intention is to
build the Kansas City rad, via Ponto. oc,
Okolona and Aberdeen to Columbus.
DISASTROUS shipwreck occurred on the
Virginia coast on the Sth. Not less than
twenty, and probably more, lives were
lost, among them five life-saving men,
who in the discharge of their duty were
drowned.
THE total appropriation made by the
river and harbor bill is S1,366,35O, in
Guiding an appropriation of 100000 for
the Improvement of the Arkansas river
A BILL to reduce internal revenue taxa
tion and duties on raw sugar and for other
purposes was introduced in the House on
the Sth by Mr.. Hiscock, of New York.
A SEARCH of the house, in Philadelphia,
where the two old misers, Joseph Perry
and Richard Price, were found ying dead
on the 7th, brought to light hidden treas
ure amounting to 100000.
THE Arkansas State Assembly of the
Knights of Labor closed a five days ses-
sion at Pine Bluff on the Sth.
SAM HALL, one of the highwaymen wLo
assaulted Ridenor in brickyard at Knox
vile, Tenn, several nights since, and
robbed him of 1926 and almost murdered
him, was arrested ON the Sth in Wood
bury, KY.
AT a meeting of manufacturers, mer'
chants and business men, assembled at
Nashville, Tenn, on the Sth, resolutions
were passed opposing the passage OF the
interstate commerce bill now pending Ia
| Congress.
THE Adjutant General of Texas is
alarmed about the Knights Of Labor, and
wants the militia increased.
THE Great Eastern Tea Company, of
Portsmouth, N. H., made an assignment
on the Sth. Their assets are reported to
be only fifth of their liabilities.
IT is reported that German residents in
Belgium have been ordered to hold them
selves in readiness to join their respective
army corps, and in the meantime to notify
their COVE. nment of any change Of resi-
dence.
OVER $25O,OOO,OO0 Lave been paid out in
interest and dividends within few days
in the Fast,
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
THE TRAlN-WRECkING TRIAL.
The Court Room Crowded BY People List
ening to the Clnsing Argumemts.

The Court Room Crowded by People LIST
ening to the Closing Arguments.
kansas CIrY, Jan S-The trial Of George
Hamilton, the knight of Labor leader, for
trainwreckiug, in the Nyandottc district
court, will probably reach the jury this
afternoon Arguments were made Yester-
day by Colonel b. S. Mcdonald, Major
Warner and Mr. c. F. Hutchings and were
listened to by greater number of specta-
tors than has been present on any preced-
ing day, and at the session last
night the crowd was the largest during
the trial. There are yet three speeches to
be made Hon. b. p Wagner of Atchi-
son, will speak for the State at the opening
of court this morning, and will be followed
by ex Governor Charles p. Johnson, of st.
Louis, for the defense. Judge Laughlm of
St Louis, one of the attorneys for the pros
ecution. viii make the closing argu-
ment in the case. SpeculatjonS as
to the probable verdict of the jury
are numerous, but of course the re-
suit can not be foreshadOwed with any de-
gree of accuracy. The friends of the pris-
oner expect a verdict of acquittal Many
look for IA verdict of murder in the first de-
gree, while those who prophecy a hung
jury are numerous. During the argument
yesterday and last night Hamilton occupied
a seat not far from the jury, and most of
the time his four-yearold daughter sat on
his lap His wife has remained at his side
during the whole trial.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
MuSIC'S CHARMS.
Staid Sco!chman Whose Indignation Was
Soothed by Tenor Voice.

Staid Sco!chmen Whose Indignation Was
Soothed by a Tenor Voice.
Here is story Of a meeting of credit
ors. The place was an old-tashoned
Scotch borough, fast dwindling into a
village. and the meeting was held in
the smoke-roum of the largest inn, the
time being an hour in the evening
when every ones work was done. A
chairman was appointed, the usuafpre-
liminaricS were gone through, and then
Tie statement of affairs was read. Sad
to say. there were no assets. BY this
time most of those present had filled
their pipes and ordered comforting
ard soothing drinks. The debtors
solicitor had no offer to make,
and for q time there was a dead
pause. and every. one looked very
blue indeed But presently one of the
company remembered that the debtor
had capital tenor voice. and he suS-
gested to the chairman that, as he (the
debtor) could make no offer To his credft-
ors, he could at least give thema song.
The suggestion was met with consider
able approval, and was at once acted
upon. ThG unfortunate man was called
into the room, and, very much to his
astonishment, was asked to sing to the
meeting. lie gave them: Then You'll
Remember Me-" and several other APP
propriate songs, which met with raptur-
Gus applause, and before the company
broke up they unanimously voted him
his immediate discharge. Who wi i'll say
after this that the art Of singing should
not be cultivated?-C CRriStiG1E Union.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
THE RAILROAD DISASTER.
The Scene of the Wreck Visited by Many
PPoplP,

People.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. S.-The scene of the
railroad accident near Republic is still Wis
tied by many people. Some go out of mere
curiosity; others are friends or relatives Of
those who pcrished there, eager to find
some article they might have had. The
track is cleared and there is nothing to see
save a few bent rods, car wheels and pieces
of charred wood. Among the number who
visited the scene of the wreck to-day was
Warham Parks of OconOmOwoc, Wis. a
brother of Marshal NJ. Parks, who persisted
in the wreck Mr.. Parks visited the scene
of the disaster in company with Mr.. Rankin
and another officer of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad. Rankin would say
but little, but the other officer,
Cherry Poor, spoke as to the response
bility of the wreck While he made no di-
rect charges. He talked in such a manner
that there could be no doubt the officers of
the road placed the responsibility directly
on the conductor and engineer Of the freight
train. He said that the officer never knew
of these men being intoxicated but the way
they managed their train that night was
fearful blunder Marshall II. Parks was
clerk in the Department of the Interior at
Washington. He was on his way to Chi
cago on official business. Mr.. Parks could
find nothing that his brother had with him,
nor any trace of any thing that would lead
him to identify any of the charred remains
as being his brothers. An inquest by the
coroner will be instituted in this city to-
day, when the railroad officials and officers
of the wrecked trains will be here. Cor
oner Lepper is determined it shall be most
thOrnuDh
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
A YOUNG sailor named welch. in the

A YOUNG sailor named Welch, in the
United States Navy, is credited with
having invented remarkable and COM
plete life buoy, 1t is Il circular belt in
which are mounted six vertical hollow
tubes. These are filed with, first,
Greek fire in sufficient quantity to burn
fifty seconds; second, Roman candles
that explode every ten seconds, and
third. with sort of rocket to which are
attached life lines. These rs the rocket
explodes are projected in six different
directions. giving the drowning man as
many chances for his life.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
TIM Now York Sunrnme Court r,

THE New York Supreme Court re-
Gently decided that baby life insurance
was illegal. The precise ground OF the
decision was that children can not be
insured because they are incapable of
making contracts, but it is fact that
the knowledge that the death OF an
infant will be a monetary benefit to its
parents or guardians has too often re-
duced the care which would otherwise
be bestowed upon it, and thus infantile
mortality has been increased.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
TWO MISERS.
Cold and Starvation Kills Them, Even
When Possessing valuable Real Estate.

Cold and Starvation Kills Them, Even
When Possessing Valuable Real Estate.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-TRe misers, Jo-
seph Perry, aged seventythree, and Robert
Price, aged sixty-five, were found starved
this morning in their miserable abode IN
basement at 1925 Locust street, where they
have lived more than thirty years. They
had never held any communication with
their neighbors and the fact Of their death
was learned only after 1t had been noticed
that they had not been seen to leave or enter
the place for a week. This led to the police
being notified, and upon the apartments
being broken into, the dead bodies of the
misers were found. Nothing is known of
their affairs, though it was generally re-
ported in the neighborhood that they had
money in the various banks. Jewelry and
stock worth few hundred dollars were
found among Perry's effects. He was
known to have real estate worth from 800,
600 to 100000. Price was carpenter by
trade and had very little money. Perry
was in business forty years ago.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

EIGHTY years Is long time for any
living person to have his name borne on
an army list, but that is an honor which
is now enjoyed by the Emperor of Ger
many. A great deal of history has
been made in the Seventy-two years
which have passed since William took
an active part in the campaign which
resulted in the overthrow Of the great
Napoleon, and William has aided in
making some of the most stirring chap
ters in it,
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESS.


| THE Senate met on the 4th, and as soon as
the journal was read Senator Cullom announced
| the death Of Senator Logan, and on his motion
out OF respect to the memory of deceased the
! Senate adjourned. The House met and after
the resignation of Mr.. Hewitt, a. a member
| from New York city, the death of Sen
| ator Logan was announced aud the House ad-
| iourned.
! In the Senate on the 5th Mr.. Mitchell, of
/ Pennsylvania, reported a bill granting pension
| Of S2OODa year to the widow Of General Logan.
MIR. Mcpherson offered a resolution calling on
The Secretary OF the Treasury for statement
| OF the Indebtedness of the Pacific railroads to
the Government January !, 1887, which brought
on quite debate, and was finally passed over.
The conference report on the Interstate Com
merce bill was then debated until adjournment.
.... In the House the Indian Appropriation bill
was considered in Committee Of the Whole and
finally passed. 1t appropriates S5,175,1OO. The
Military Academy bill also passed. The Speaker
laid before the House the resignation of James
W. Reid, of the Fifth North Carolina district.
The House then, in Committee Of the Whole,
took up the bill for the consolidation of certain
bureaus Of the Navy Department and then ad-
iourned
In the Senate on the 9th Mr. Manderson
stated that a stronger and more urgent demand
should be made against Mexico for the killing
of Captain Crawford while in pursuit OF
Geronimo and introduced bill for the relief OF
Crawford's heirs. The Senate then took up and
agreed to Mr.. McPhersons S resolution calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement
OF the Indebtedness of the Pacific railroads,
ana then passed the bill granting pension Of
81 100 to the widow of General Logan. bill
offered by Mr.. Vest increasing the pension
of the widow of General +. L. Blair to
g. 600 a year was also passed The Interstate
Commerce bill was then taken up and debated
until adjournment In the House, in Commit
tee OF the Whole, the bill was considered for the
permanent improvement of the Erie and Oswego
canals. At the expiration Of the morning hour
the House again went into Committee of the
Whole on the Naval Reorganization bill, which
was debated until adjournment.
IN the Senate on the 1th a bill passed to
settle and adjust the claims of any State for ex-
Several private hills passed The House bill
providing for sbhool of instruction at Fort
Riley, Kan, was amended by appropriating
600 for Fort D. A. Russell and $4,000 for
Fort Robinson, Neb., and passed. The Inter
state Commerce bill was laid over till Monday.
After an executive session the Senate adjourned
until Monday .... In the House the Senate bill
amending the act providing for the sale Of the
Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian reservations in
Nebraska and Kansas was passed. The House
in Committee of the Whole devoted most of the
day to private bills and passed about dozen.
At the evening session fOrty-two pension bills
passed, including one granting a pension Of $50
per month to the widow of General Durbin
nrI
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

SOME months ago the natives of a
certain district in Australia predicted
the approach of floods and left their
low-lying villages for the higher coun-
try. The floods came several weeks
later, and the natives said that their in
formation had been gathered from the
ants, which had built their nests in the
trees, instead of, as usual, on the ground.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

OLD and mutilated bank notes when
returned to the United States Treasury
are chopped up and made into a pulp
which is nodded into various shapes
and forms. The latest design is min
iature bust of Mrs. Cleveland, which
has q ready sale, 1t takes ten thou
sand dollars worth of old bank notes to
make one OF these designs.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

New York, Jan. s.--An epidemic Of small.
pox is feared in Brooklyn. The first case
occdrred week or more ago in densely
populated portion of the city, where there
were 100000 people in houses lily built on
land which has been reclaimed from a
swamp. 1t is openly charged that the
board of health has been dereict in the
matter, has suffered a number Of cases
of smallpox to pass unnoticed; has re-
moved patients to the pest house without
due regard to the safety of the neighbors
from contagion, permitting children to con-
gregate near by when patients were being
removed from their houses TO the van, and
that persons whose clothing was infected
were allowed 10 90 about the streets at viii.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
MR. HEWITT recently announced tha

MR. HEWITT recently announced that
it was his purpose, as mayor OF New
York, to give the people the kind of adj
mini>tration they had been clamoring
for, and Danish politics from the City
Hall for two years to come The rcso-
luton is an excellent one, and it is to
be hoped that he has the courage and
perseverance to carry it out,
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

On the anniversary Of the death of
Alphonso XII. of Spain, the Queen
Regent founded an asylum for persons
invalided by hard work, and the lead
ers in Spanish society have subscribed
literally to the fund for its endowment.
A good example which should be fol-
lowed everywhere,
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

"A newly discovered Mexican
flower is quite awonder, if reports are
true. It is said to be white in the morn
ing, red at noon and blue at night, and
is further credited with emitting per-
funre only at the middle of the day. 1t
grows on a tree of the Isthmus OF
Tehuantepec,
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

CorroN has long since ceased to be
king among the crops of the
country at large, and there is a prob
ability that it will soon lose the sccpter
even in the South. Other crops have
proven to be far more profitable, and
they are gradually gaining on cotton in
the contest for supremacy.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

A LEADING English financial paper
does not believe that the suspension of
silver coinage by the United States
would induce England to favor bimctal-
ism and argues that England would
not want to coin any metal whose mar
ket value is steadily declining.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

kNIGHT-oF-THE-CUE SLOssoN has been
sued for twenty-five thousand dollars
damages by James Z. Fellows, of Chi
cago, the man whom Slosson had arrest
ed for perjury a short time ago.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

THE savings banks Of New York State
have $40, 900, 900 on deposit, and sur
plus above all liabilities of $50, 900, 900.
The Massachusetts savings banks have
S29l 900, 900 in deposits and s., 5,000,O 600
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

THE winter carnival at Montreal will
be held from February I to II. The
Ice castle will inclose an area Of four
teen thousand square feet, and be of an
entirrly new desi@n.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

A PHILADELPHIA paper thinks it
curious that with all of our smartness
in this age Of ingenuity we have in
vented nothing that can take the slip
nerinesS out of ice.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, is a ver-
liable mascot. 1t is reported that
lately in Il single day he made fourmil-
lion dollars. This, however, is not an
evcIN-daY Occurrence with him.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

SENATOR STANFORD is said to have
spent fully ten thousand dollars in pur-
chasing Christmas presents for the
poor of Washington.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

The Doodle Aldermen of New York
are more enthusiastic in their admira-
ton for the great Anglo-Saxon right of
trial bY Jury.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

The reflection Of the electric lights at
New Orleans, La, can be plainly seen
at the tifty-one mile point on the Mis-
sissippi river below.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13

THE iron and steel trade of the United
States in 1856 was active, but it is ex-
pccted to be still more active in 1887.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

1T is announced that Queen Victoria
will give away two thousand titles and
decorations at her jubilee.